World Yoga Day 2020: Prenatal Yoga By Dr. Shilpi Reddy

In the current situation of enormous stress in the lives of pregnant women and home ridden environments Prenatal Yoga has become a boon in their life.

During pregnancy body goes through many changes which create stress on you mentally and physically. A way to maintain a healthy mind and body is Prenatal Yoga.

It increases strength and flexibility and causes mental relaxation and helps pregnant women to develop proper breathing.

It improves sleep, decreases lower back pain, headaches and improves blood supply to pregnancy decreasing the chances of IUGR, preeclampsia and GDM.

It definitely improves fetal outcomes.

While you are pregnant it is important to build a strong support system and improve immunity to fight Covid like illnesses. Prenatal Yoga provides relief from common pregnancy complaints like nausea, back pain, insomnia, shortness of breath , Carpal Tunnel Syndrome , leg cramps, swollen ankles, constipation.

Prenatal Yoga helps you feel great and stay calm during the most important 9 months of your pregnancy. It definitely prepares your body for Normal labor and delivery and increases the chances of lactating Normal vaginal birth with shorter duration of labor.

Prenatal yoga encourages you to make friends with like minded mommas when you attend classes together, boosts confidence and decreases the anxiety of outcomes during pregnancy.

We at cuddles start prenatal yoga along with the Antenatal checkups and have weekly sessions to train mother under the guidance of an expert prenatal yoga certified teacher. Different yoga practices for different trimesters and remedial measures for specific complaints. Yoga helps pregnant women recover faster post-delivery and fights postpartum depression and enhances wellbeing.

Some aasanas that are regularly practiced are Marjariasana, Konasanas, Veershaorasana, Trikonasana, Bhadrakonasana, Viparitha Karani, Shavasana, Yaga Nidra, Bhtamari Pranayana, Nadi Shodhana Pranayama.

In short from your physical body to your emotional state, prenatal yoga is a key to a healthy, happy pregnancy and better outcomes.

Pregnancy is a physiological condition and prenatal yoga enhances the Joy of happy Pregnancy.